Laundry identification apparatus



Oct. 11, 1932. M. F. HUEBSCH LAUNDRY IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS Filed Nov. 6. 1930 4 the same will Patented Oct. 11, 1932 LAUNDRY IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS The invention relates to laundry identification apparatus. 7 It has been heretofore proposed in laundry checking'systems to provide a series of tags having openings therein of certain configurations so that only those tags having a definite configuration will go on to certain racks. The system provides an excellent means for M checking but in the actual use of this system 1'0" much time is lost as the tags are all of the same exterior outline and the sorter works according to the numbers on the tags and the racks and where a great many racks are in M use frequently mistakes the numbers and car- 1' ries the wrong bundle or bag to the wrong rack. For example, the numbers 13 and 31 enand other sets of y confused and in some numbers are frequentl cannot be readily'dis M" instances the numbers 7 g tinguished. The object of the present invention is to provide a simpler and faster checkone above described and one in which the operator is not so much dependent on the number on the tag to find 5 the rack on which it goes but is aided in finding the proper rack by the shape of the tag and the position of a tagin place thereon with which the next proper tag should register and if the wrong tag is placed on the wrong rack be immediately apparent by the relative position of'the right and wrong tags. According to the present invention applicant has provided a plurality of series of tags, the tags of several series of which may be of the same shape but the tags of difrent series of the same shape being distinguished by the difference in opening which receives the rack bar and the M tags of other series being distinguished from 'this first-mentioned series by difierences in shape. Thus several series of tags may be of general square or rectangular outline and these in turn divided into individual series of checking means by the difference in location of the rack bar opening. Other series of tags may be of othe shapes which even though the rack b t 7 tive location of the Application filed November 6, 1930. SeriaiNo. 493,753.

' The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter described and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

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view ofchecking invention applied to Fig/2 is a detail tagof oneseries; r Figs. 8, 4, 5 and 6 are det of 0th lisa detail perspec-' means embodying the a sorting rack;

ail elevation views er tags' of other series.

Fig. 7 is a detail View of another form of tag bar; v

Fig. 8 shows shown in Fig. 7. I

According to the present invention, I provide a number of series of tags which vary. in shape or general outline; for example, I provide tags having a square or rectangular ormation as the tag 7, other shape as the tag 8, other tags ofround shape as the tag 9 and still othertags which may have geometric outlines difl'ering from these or be in the shape of different objects, whether of animate or inanimate form. Thus, as each of these different series of tags differ in gen-1 erlal outline the sorter will readily know that. w

a tag" for use with the bar ows that it was insquare tag 7v that this for the different tags are. Thus, While each of the tags-of anyone series is given a numher, the sorter does not need to rely'on this number alone for getting the tag on the proper bar but her first check is getting the tag of a certain definite shape into its proper checking section. i The next division of the checking means is made by taking the seriesof tags having any one particular outline or shape. and dividing checking series them into further ndividual .ngs 12in the checks whose tagsof diamond elevation view of one,

g or diamond-shaped tag is trally but toward the lower end of the check,

vidual series.

. while in the similarshaped tag the sorter to Fig. 2 that e op n with an opening 19 to receive a sa fastening device whereby of the sorter bar,

bar opening 16-is arranged at one side of the check. It will be readily seen from reference when the' tag 18 is placed on the same bar with the tags? 'ence in location of the bar openings puts the 7 tags out ofline and immediately shows the;

operator that as all the the base something is wrong tags on one bar should line up with tag of that bar.-

' 7 Si ilarly the series of diamond-shaped tags 8 and circulartags 9 have thesorterbar 17 and'18 arranged in diilerent position in the body of the tag so as to divide a series of tags of the same general shape into individual series for different sorter bars or racks. T V v Instead of the symmetrical bar 10"I may usea bar 10 of non-symmetrical section and each of the tags'previously describedmay have'openings to fit this 7 ing 19 in the tagQO. vThis non-symmetrica opening will further assist the operator in the sorting as it will prevent the tags from being put on the arms or bars left side to the right and vice versa, since by usingfan arm ofthis kind, the operator could not reverse'the tags. As is usual, each of the tags is provide fety pin20 or other suitable the tag may be attached to any particular bundle or piece of laundry, as indicated at 21. With this construction, the tags of one individual series are placed on a customers laundry and accompany it through the various laundrying operations and after washing this laundry brought to the sorting table,

where the sorter, by the shape of the tag, its

number and the location of the sorter'bar opening, as well as the non-symmetrical form upon which to place the various bundles of any particular customer and if the sorter should have mistaken the number on the tag, the same will readily be apparent, either due to the dififerent shape of the tag from others on the proper bar or due tive position of the wrong tag with reference While the invention is especially useful for checking laundry of various kinds, it is obvious that it may be appliedfor the checking of other articles and while been shown as mounted on rack bars other means may be providedawithout departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims 7 What I claim as my invention is: a a 1 11. In a checking device, the combination that the differ-r bar su'chlas the open-' I v 7 1 with said rack members and having different d a plural series of determine the proper bar to the position of the right tag on the right 55 b the checks have series of check I members of simi 7 ual series by varying the relative location of those parts of the checks cooperating with the fixed keys. r

g2. In a checking device, the combination with fixed keys, of plural series of check members having external outlines independ- V ent ofsaid fixed keys, certain series being distinguished from otherseries by diiierences in jexternal outline, the series of check members of similar outline havinglkey openings located in diiierent locations in the bodies of the check members to v ries into a number of individual check series.

3. In a checking device, the combination with a plurality of checking rack members, of. a check member associated with each of said rack members and providing an indi cator for the identification of check members to be associated with said rack member, and plural series of check memberscooperating external outlines distinct from, said rack members and diiierent rack member rece ving openings in the bodies thereof. 7

l. In a checking device, tlie combination of fixed keys of non-symmetrical section, of

check members having external outlines distinct from said keys, certain series being distinguished from other series by difierences in external outline, and check members of similar outline being further divided into individual series by varying the relative location of those parts of the check cooperating with the fixed keys.

In testimony whereof, I ailix my signature.

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